My DS is nearly 8 months old - I started weaning him at 6 months old even though he wasn't showing any 'signs' - and true to form, he was very slow to take to it (Eating very little, being easily distracted by the floor rather than eat). However, things improved and he suddenly seemed to want to eat (much less mess, not interested in grabbing the spoon - just wanted the food in his mouth).
Great so far - anyway, about 2 weeks ago, he started puking every day (usually late on) but he did have a cough and coughing fits seemed to cause him to puke. Last week I decided to cut the solids out in case he was getting too full and his stomach muscle too weak to hold it back, he was losing weight and obviously needed to keep something down - I have been giving him an extra 9oz bottle every day and so far so good - still pukes a bit but nowhere near as bad (he still has quite a bad cough so am reluctant to restart solids until that has cleared)
Anyway, to cut through all this waffle, my friend worried me today by saying that I might miss the 'window of opportunity' and then it will be a struggle to get him to eat in future - is this the case? Am I damaging my little boy ?